Ali ibn Muhammad

Sultan of Morocco
Ali I
علي الأول
Dirham, minted at al-Aliyah (Fes) during the reign of Ali bin Muhammad, in 840 CE
Sultan of Morocco
Reign836–849
PredecessorMuhammad bin Idris
SuccessorYahya ibn Muhammad
Born827
Died849
Names
Ali Haidara bin Muhammad
DynastyIdrisid
FatherMuhammad bin Idris
MotherRoqiya bint Ismail al-Azadi
ReligionIslam

Ali bin Muhammad bin Idris (Arabic: علي بن محمد بن إدريس) was the fourth Idrisid sultan of Morocco.

Life

Ali was the son of Muhammad ibn Idris, whom he succeeded in March/April 836 at the age of nine.[1] During his infancy, the chieftains of the Berber tribes acted as his regents.[1] He proved an able ruler, who managed to stabilize and pacify the Idrisid realm after the troubled reign of his father.[1] During his reign, Idrisid authority was strengthened and stretched from Basra to Tudgha.[2] Some Idrisid troops reportedly also participated in the 846 Sack of Rome by Aghlabid raiders.[2]

Ali died in January 849 at Fes and was succeeded by his brother Yahya I.[3]

Genealogy

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Family tree of the Idrisid dynasty
Prophet Muhammad
Ali al-MurtadaFatima al-Zahra
Hasan al-Mujtaba
Hasan al-Muthanna
Abdallah al-Kamil
Idris I al-Akbar (1)
r. 788–791
Idris II (2)
r. 803–828
Muhammad (3)
r. 828–836
Umaral-QasimDawud (8)
r. c. 877
Ali I (4)
r. 836–849
Yahya I (5)
r. 849–863
Ali II (7)
r. 866–unknown
IdrisMuhammadYahya III (9)
r. unknown–905
Yahya II (6)
r. 863–866
Yahya IV (10)
r. 905–919/922
Hasan I (11)
r. 928–930
al-Qasim (12)
r. 937–949
Abu'l-Aysh (13)
r. 949–952
Hasan II (14)
r. 952–974, 985
Hammudids
Benchekroun, Chafik T. (2018). "Idrīsids". In Fleet, Kate; Krämer, Gudrun; Matringe, Denis; Nawas, John; Rowson, Everett (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam (3rd ed.). Brill Online. ISSN 1873-9830.

References

  1. ^ a b c Eustache 1971, p. 1035.
  2. ^ a b Benchekroun 2018.
  3. ^ Eustache 1971, pp. 1035, 1036.

Sources

Preceded by Idrisid emir of Morocco
836–849
Succeeded by
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Idrisid dynasty
(788–974)
  • Idris I (Idris ibn Abdallah)
  • Idris II (Idris ibn Idris)
  • Muhammad ibn Idris
  • Ali I (Ali ibn Muhammad)
  • Yahya I (Yahya ibn Muhammad)
  • Yahya II (Yahya ibn Yahya)
  • Ali II (Ali ibn Umar)
  • Yahya III (Yahya ibn al-Qasim)
  • Yahya IV (Yahya ibn Idris ibn Umar)
  • Hasan I (al-Hasan ibn Muhammad)
  • Al-Qasim ibn Ibrahim
  • Abu'l-Aysh ibn al-Qasim
  • Hasan II (al-Hasan ibn al-Qasim)
Almoravid dynasty
(1040–1147)
Almohad dynasty
(1121–1269)
Marinid dynasty
(1244–1465)
Idrisid interlude
(1465–1471)
  • Muhammad ibn Ali Amrani-Joutey
Wattasid dynasty
(1471–1549, 1554)
Saadi dynasty
(1549–1659)
Dila'i interlude
(1659–1663)
Alawi dynasty
(1666–present)